SYDNEY ¨C Australia¡¯s lower house of parliament has passed new laws for a national gun buyback, tighter background checks for gun licenses and a crackdown on hate crimes, in response to the country¡¯s worst mass shooting in decades at a Jewish festival last month.
Two bills for stricter gun control and anti-hate measures passed on Tuesday by the House ?of Representatives in a special parliament session will now go to the upper house Senate for debate.
The gun control laws are ?expected to ?pass with the support of the Greens party despite opposition from the conservative Liberal-National coalition. The ?anti-hate laws are likely to pass with support from the Liberal party.
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